Job Description
Directorate – Children and Young People’s Services.
Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week.
About The Opportunity
Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs.
Come and join the team here in Rotherham! Why?
We have a strong, visible, accessible leadership team and a heartfelt pledge to deliver outstanding services to children and their families.
We have an established ‘Rotherham family approach’ that assists us in how we work with families and also how we care and support our workforce.
We pride ourselves on our strong learning culture and use this positively to develop staff and improve practice.
We strongly believe in ‘growing our own’. Your development, and career goals are important to us. We will support you to achieve your career ambitions. Whether this is supporting you to be a confident Social Worker, advance practitioner, practice consultant or move through to management, we’ve got you and your career journey!
You will be joining an authority rated as Good by Ofsted.
We have a generous annual leave allowance, always pay at the top band of the payscale.
We have manageable caseloads and support Hybrid working arrangements.
About You
* A relevant social work qualification to support registration with Social Work England.
* A passion for improving outcomes for children.
* Experience of working with children and families and an ability to build strong relationships with children, their families, colleagues, and partners.
* An ability to support families to make positive changes and enable children to meet their potential.
* An ability to analyse information effectively and to write high quality assessments.
* A commitment to your own continuing professional development.
* Motivation and resilience.
If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, please email one of our Service Managers.
* Jamie Cripps, Service Manager Central Locality – jamie.cripps@ritherham.gov.uk
* Stephen Hart, Service Manager North & South Locality – stephen.hart@rotherham.gov.uk
* Kim Wilson, Service Manager LAC and Leaving Care – kim.wilson@rotherham.gov.uk
* Joanne McCartan, Service Manager Duty – joanne.mccartan@rotherham.gov.uk
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